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Magnetoelastic sensors for the detection of low-frequency and low-amplitude magnetic fields are in the focus of research since more than 30 years. In order to minimize the limit of detection (LOD) of such sensor systems, it is of high…
Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM) enables three-dimensional imaging of nuclear spin densities in nanoscale objects. Based on numerical simulations, we evaluate the performance of strained SiN resonators as force sensors and show…
To achieve quantitative interpretation of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM), including resolution limits, tip bias- and strain-induced phenomena and spectroscopy, analytical representations for tip-induced electroelastic fields inside…
The ability to sensitively image electric fields is important for understanding many nanoelectronic phenomena, including charge accumulation at surfaces and interfaces and field distributions in active electronic devices. A particularly…
Magnetic reconnection plays an important role in converting energy while modifying field topology. This process takes place in varied plasma environments in which the transport of magnetic flux is intrinsic. Identifying active magnetic…
Recent advances in mechanical-diode based ultrasonic force microscopy techniques are reviewed. The potential of Ultrasonic Force Microscopy (UFM) for the study of material elastic properties is explained in detail. Advantages of the…
This study presents a numerical procedure, which we call the macroscopic forcing method (MFM), which reveals the differential operators acting on the mean fields of quantities transported by underlying fluctuating flows. Specifically, MFM…
Measurements of the deflection induced by thermal noise have been performed on a rectangular atomic force microscope cantilever in air. The detection method, based on polarization interferometry, can achieve a resolution of 1E-14 m/rtHz in…
In traditional detection of the magnetic signal in the experiment, complicated electronic devices are usually set up to explore the feedback from the superconducting transition due to the external magnetic field. This kind of direct…
Contact Resonance Force Microscopy (CR-FM) is a leading AFM technique for measuring viscoelastic nano-mechanical properties. Conventional piezo-excited CR-FM measurements have been limited to imaging in air, since the "forest of peaks"…
Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is a powerful tool widely used to characterize piezoelectricity and ferroelectricity at the nanoscale. However, it is necessary to distinguish microscopic mechanisms between piezoelectricity and…
Magnetic axis rotation (MAR) in ferromagnetic (FM) layers is crucial for strain-mediated converse magnetoelectric coupling. Employing the density functional theory (DFT), we computationally study the magnetic anisotropy of selected deformed…
Traction Force Microscopy (TFM) is a technique used to determine the tensions that a biological cell conveys to the underlying surface. Typically, TFM requires culturing cells on gels with fluorescent beads, followed by bead displacement…
The mechanical response of a cantilever made of a magnetoactive elastomer (MAE) that is positioned on a solid plane surface and is subjected to a uniform magnetic field is studied. The MAE is of the magnetically soft type, i.e., its filler…
A vibrating wire may be used as an instrument with a variety of applications, one of which is the measurement of magnetic fields. Often, the magnetic fields are determined by measuring the amplitude of the wire vibration under the action of…
The magnetotropic susceptibility is the thermodynamic coefficient associated with the rotational anisotropy of the free energy in an external magnetic field, and is closely related to the magnetic susceptibility. It emerges naturally in…
We present a rotary-stage microwave probe station suitable for magnetic films and spintronic devices. Two stages, one for field rotation from parallel to perpendicular to the sample plane (Out-of-Plane) and the other intended for field…
In this study, a novel non-negative tensor factorization (NTF)-based method for vibration-based local damage detection in rolling element bearings is proposed. As the diagnostic signal registered from a faulty machine is non-stationary, the…
Electric Scanning Probe Microscopies are used to characterize the surface behavior of ferroelectric materials. The effects of local charge density on the chemistry and physics of ferroelectric surfaces are investigated. The kinetics and…
Optical beam deflection is a popular method to measure the deformation of micromechanical devices. As it measures mostly a local slope, its sensitivity depends on the location and size of the optical spot. We present a method to evaluate…